--- TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Yeah! Hey Unc, I didn't know what it was today, > but *you* have > > been *the* *mad* *poet*, and I LOVE that shit! > > I kinda like it, too. :-) Obviously, it pisses > others off > and brings out their agressive, threatened sides. Go > figure. > I think it's something associated with being in the > cusp of > a big birthday; things have been fired up for me for > the > last day or so, and the heat seems to keep > increasing as > I approach the Big 6-0. Big 6-0! Lordy! I just passed the big 5-2. We're all turning into ol' farts. In 1973 the average age of a TM teacher was 23. > > > I'm fired up, and inspired- > > I've put some champagne on ice, and when my > beloved returns home > > in awhile, I will pop that cork, and we'll toast > each other in the > > sinking golden California light. Right on brother! > Have a great > > weekend > > You, too. I can think of no more holy or enlightened > thing > to do than share some champagne with the one you > love and > gaze at a beautiful sunset. Bruce Cockburn (my > favorite > songwriter/wordsmith) wrote a song about that once. > His > commentary on how the song came to him, followed by > one > of the verses: > > BC: But the song actually came from, out of a > conversation > with [fellow Canadian singer/songwriter] Sam > Phillips, one > point we were walking along, and it might even have > been > in Seattle and um, I was carrying this bag of stuff > that > I always carry around, this knapsack with whatever, > you > know, notebook, flashlight, toilet paper... > > JF/MW: ...the essentials.. > > BC: ...rope, Power Bars, all that stuff [laughing] > and uh, > we were walking up some hill somewhere and she is > going: > What do you carry in that thing anyway? And I said: > Oh, > it's everything I need for the Apocalypse! And, and, > Sam > just stopped and looked at me and said: What do you > need > for the Apocalypse besides champagne and a couple of > > glasses? And I [thought] man, that's a song you > know, > there's a song in there for sure! It took me a few > years > to figure out what it was but that's what really > triggered > the sentiment in Last Night of the World. > > > I've seen the flame of hope among the hopeless > And that was truly the biggest heartbreak of all > That was the straw that broke me open > > If this were the last night of the world > What would I do? > What would I do that was different > Unless it was champagne with you? > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > --------------------~--> > Ever feel sad or cry for no reason at all? > Depression. Narrated by Kate Hudson. > http://us.click.yahoo.com/YbEMxA/ubOLAA/d1hLAA/0NYolB/TM > --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Ever feel sad or cry for no reason at all? Depression. Narrated by Kate Hudson. http://us.click.yahoo.com/YbEMxA/ubOLAA/d1hLAA/0NYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
